Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | S3 |
Tree Type | Quince |
Variety | Vranja |
Rootstock | Quince A |
Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
Tree Description | Large pear shaped fruit. Quinces usually make small rounded headed trees under twelve feet tall but may grow half as much again in favourable soils. They are self fertile. Their white flowers, light greyish green foliage and large golden fruit are all ornamental. |
Comments | Fruits well elsewhere in St. James (RP & CS). |
Orchard Map |
O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green; But as time steals onwards, while none perceives Slowly she clothes herself with leaves. (Dinah Maria Murlock Craik)